This day in History - June 19

403 Historic Events for June 19
1864 Death George Lincoln Prescott, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries
1864 Event CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
1864 Event Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia
1865 Event Siege of Richmond, VA
1865 Birth May Whitty, Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva, Suspicion)
1865 Birth Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate
1865 Event Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas
1867 Birth Frank Iredale, cricketer (Australian batsman 1894-99)
1867 Birth Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist
1867 Death Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies
1867 Event 1st Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05
1868 Birth Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie)
1868 Event Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
1875 Event Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
1877 Birth Charles Coburn, Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1878 Birth James M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx
1880 Birth Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung)
1881 Event Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan
1885 Birth Stevan Hristic, composer
1886 Birth Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song)
1886 Birth Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"
1889 Birth Enrico Celio, president (Switzerland)
1890 Birth Barbara Everest, London England, actress (Fatal Witness, Inquest)
1893 Event Lizzie Bordon acquitted